PHONOMANIAC

Today after having such an amazing breakfast I was just sitting on sofa and thinking about what my mom told me yesterday..I think that she was right.On a second thought, I was shocked to find out that I am addicted to something.

I have been to debates during my school life speaking about how to stop being addicted to this wonderful invention that has become not just a part of our life instead it has conquered our lives. 

I was traumatized to know that how can I be addicted to this thing.

You might be thinking what my mom told me.

I won’t create more suspense…

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Yesterday afternoon my parents and my elder brother were watching a Malayalam movie in our drawing room. My mom was calling me to join them but I couldn’t hear her because the volume of my earphone was almost full..

Then she came to my room and asked me if I have had a few seconds to spend with her..

That time I thought why was she overreacting….

I went with her to watch that movie and had spent really good quality time gossiping and discussing about every single thing…

In the evening my dad asked me to accompany him to the market but I refused since it was a lazy day i.e. a Sunday ….

Dad told me that he think that I have changed.

At that moment, I thought it’s just a sentimental attempt of a father so that his son would agree to go with him to the market..

I was thinking that its ok to refuse him just because I was busy watching a web series on my phone……

Later that evening I went to the park to play badminton and I was waiting for my friends to come when i saw children sitting on the swing and playing on their phones ……….

I mean I was like what the hell they were just 11 or 12 years old and they had their personal phones that too the latest models. I don’t know what’s wrong with kids these days…

They are always busy   gaming or texting….

I know their parents if asked  would give a lame excuse that they need to contact their child hence they gave them these phones but I want to ask them that is it necessary to give them access to social media at this tender  age. When social media can harm their minds.

The type of content they consume can change the way they see things it can change them as an individual. I still remember my childhood when I used to wait when it would be 6pm so that I can go to the park and play badminton, pithugaram,baraf-paani and ooch niich ka papda etc.…. and I remember how sad I would be when it would be 8pm since then I was supposed to go back home.

In fact I feel BAD for kids these days for the type of cartoons they have now. They are so not up to the mark I mean they lack creativity.

Do we have time for these things anymore????

Cartoons these days ruin the behaviour of children. I have seen so small kids abusing or using some sort of words that are not meant for them …
I used to watch Scooby doo, powerpuff girls,adams family,swatcat,kochikaame,looney toones,osworld,bob and the builder,thomas and frnds…
 I mean what’s the problem why aren’t those mind-blowing shows shown to these kids why aren’t that sensible cartoons made for these kids..................
Then my friends came and we did not play badminton instead we played baraf-paani and chain-chain. I felt so energetic and I could relive my childhood via these games.

I remember that i used to write stories and daily diary…I used to write poems  and draw all my favourite cartoon characters or some random places that I used to imagine..And whenever there was an essay competition or story recitation competition I was the one who used to write on my own then would speak in front of my parents and ask them to correct me and add on to what I wrote but kids these days just browse things and copy the same stuff …I mean how is that copy pasting going to improve their thinking skills and writing skills ..I can’t express the pleasure that you feel when the judges or the teachers used to appreciate me for writing such good lines or even criticize me and correct me …….but all this fun is lost  due to this social media……..

But now they have their personal tabs and phones and they are glued to it I mean I have seen parents giving their child ipads just because they don’t want to deal with the nagging…I was upset on seeing that I mean we had made  technology a major part of human behaviour.

I know that internet is helpful.. Yes I do agree that internet is informational but we need to know the fact that this internet is a big platform of information which has every type of content to entertain its audience….

I would not ask parents to take back these gadgets from their child but at least you can give them a particular time to use the gadgets ….

You should have an eye on what is your child consuming from these gadgets…..

I mean I think we don’t realize how much addicted we are with our phones …..

I agree that I am a “PHONOMANIAC”….

As soon as I realized this fact I just turned off my phone and sat with my family chatting and just spending some offline moments…….

I think now its not something we choose that yes this is the right time to upload an instagram post or story or watching a video on youtube or tagging our frnds in memes on facebook …

Its not a choice anymore subconsciously we are doing it just like any other normal thing….

I mean we might be in washroom but most of us take our phones along with us or  we might be reading a novel still time to time we check what is new on social media or did anyone reply to my instanstory or did anyone like my insta feed…

I concluded that we don’t talk anymore…………

I mean when I think of myself I used to call my parents thrice a day  just to ask what they are doing in office and asking them to bring something for me when they come back home….

I used to talk a lot with my parents discussing about their office issues or gossiping about any of our relatives or my classmate……..

I was a person who used to talk to strangers while travelling.  I used to get out of my house a lot but now everything is online.

 Just a click that’s it is what we prefer now but there is no human communication.

And you now what when I turned off my phone then only I could realize that I can write and I could find a creative person within me who wants to create good  content.

I could realize that my mind is smart but dumb at the same time because I know that I love to write but at the same time I am so much addicted to my phone that I don’t have time to write anything.

I mean how could it  happen to me that I became a phonomaniac now I don’t try to talk to people instead I am always surfing something or the other…..

Now when I think of all this I realized that I made a mental time table a sort of virtual time table for watching movies as well as youtube videos along with netflix ,amazonprime, hotstar and whatsapp, insta, snapchat and  facebook and all this was quite normal for me.

I mean wherever I go I use my data to chat with my friends and if it’s not working then would ask someone for hotspot or would check for any wifi connection …………….

It is well said that MAN IS A SOCIAL ANIMAL but now that phrase can be corrected to MAN IS AN ONLINE ANIMAL or a SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICT………

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 I am not asking you to undergo some sort of digital detox instead I just want to address everyone to  just try to put down your phone and try not to capture and caption every single moment instead just be in that moment .

Just speak to your parents about anything and enjoy with your friends…..

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